An ordinance
authorizing the Mayor's Office Of Emergency Management to accept donations.

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan
Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Greater Nashville Homeland Security
District 5 will host the 2005 Emergency Preparedness Challenge on September
23-24, 2005; and,

WHEREAS, the 2005
Emergency Preparedness Challenge is a full scale local terrorism preparedness
exercise for emergency responders in Davidson, Williamson, Wilson, and Sumner
Counties; and,

WHEREAS, the 2005
Emergency Preparedness Challenge will involve major terrorism scenarios at multiple
locations and will include all area hospitals, local responders, state and federal
resources; and,

WHEREAS, the 2005
Emergency Preparedness Challenge will involve nearly a thousand first responders
throughout the district and about three thousand volunteers who will act as
injured patients; and,

WHEREAS, the Mayor's
Office of Emergency Management is responsible for administration, preparation
and implementation of the 2005 Emergency Preparedness Challenge; and,

WHEREAS, in order
to effectively host the 2005 Emergency Preparedness Challenge, it is necessary
that the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management receive donations in the form
of services, equipment, supplies, materials, and funds; and,

Now, therefore,
be it enacted by the Council of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and
Davidson County, Tennessee:

Section 1. The
Mayor's Office of Emergency Management is hereby authorized to accept donations
in the form of services, equipment, supplies, materials, and funds and to use
the same in the administration, preparation and implementation of the 2005 Emergency
Preparedness Challenge.

Section 2. Any
donations received pursuant to this Ordinance that are not expended in the 2005
Emergency Preparedness Challenge shall be used by the Mayor's Office of Emergency
Management in any subsequent emergency management exercise.

Section 3. This
Ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.